Had the good fortune to join the Creative Thinking and Organizational Success class of Harvard’s Summer School, where in a brief 90 minutes we explored listening to inform project design. The increased sharing, in a small practice window of just 20 minutes, was felt and named by most of ~35 visiting college students and and professionals in the room. We had fun!
I grew up near the woods, and have always had a fascination with nature, it’s cycles of breakdown and renewal, it’s mystery, it’s endurance.
Through journaling, come to understand better how things hold together – the spoken word, human dynamics, ideas…
What I do now… draw while people gather and talk, to reveal connections within the content that can advance thinking about the topic and ultimately reflection and learning for the people in the room.
Example from a session in Berlin, June 2016.
Four levels of LIstening, from Otto Scharmer.
Additional “voices” that inhibit our listening and qualities to develop to open up.
